also: てぐさり
noun
handcuffs; manacles
Standard modern term for handcuffs used by police, security, or in metaphorical restraint contexts.
警察官が容疑者に手錠をかけた。
The police officer put handcuffs on the suspect.
彼は手錠をかけられたまま護
He was put into the transport vehicle while still handcuffed.
noun
confinement in chains (Edo-era punishment)
Only when written 手鎖 · Only with reading てぐさり
Historical term for a judicial corporal punishment during the Edo period where the offender was confined with hand chains. Read てぐさり and written 手鎖.
江戸時代には、手鎖という刑罰があった。
In the Edo period, there was a punishment called 手鎖 (てぐさり).